Kyoto Protocol Timeline of Events

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Kyoto Protocol

The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , aimed at fighting global warming...

Timeline of Events

1997

12.11.1997

The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature.

1998

11.12.1998

Vice President Al Gore signs the Kyoto Protocol.

2002

5.23.2002

The "55 parties" clause of the Kyoto protocol is reached after its ratification by Iceland.

2005

2.16.2005

The Kyoto Protocol comes into force, following its ratification by Russia.